NHS deaths 'should be ignored', say NHS

The impact of deaths at the hands of the NHS should be ignored when calculating the effectiveness of NHS medical care, according to Dr Adrian Harbinger, a leading NHS research statistician.
'If we discount the mortality rate, then we can offer guarantees of 100% of our patients surviving their experience with the NHS' explains Dr Harbinger. 'Indeed, quite a large number of those people that do survive go on to make a full recovery and return to health' he continued, 'so overall we would be able to say that going to see your doctor is good for you, if it wasn't for the fact that some of our patients end up dead.'